Ages: 15-May, 15-Ash, 15-Gary, 15-Cyrus, 15-Anne
- 1 -
July 30th, Ash was sitting on his bed, looking at the calendar. For weeks, he'd been planning to leave on a Pokemon training journey on August 1st.
He sighed; thinking about the fact that he has to leave on another journey, but knew it was the only way to fulfill his dream-becoming pokemon master. His thoughts were broken when Mrs. Ketchum came in. Ash looked at her. She was beaming. "I have a surprise for you," she said
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"Well, I just remembered this pokemon academe in Blackthorn City, where you train your pokemon plus they teach you about TM's and other things...and there's another part to this too..." she said.
"I'd still be leaving," Ash pouted. Mrs. Ketchum smiled.
"Ah, this is where the second part comes in.you don't want to leave May, do you? Well, she's going. I think she said she wants to learn more about electric and fire types..." she said.
"I'LL GO!"
"Ok, I will go make the arrangements..." Mrs. Ketchum said. She left. Ash sat, smiling, thinking about going to this school with May, making new friends, and for once of his pokemon training life, not being in danger...that's where he went wrong.
Two days later, Mrs. Ketchum shook Ash awake at 5 o'clock in the morning. "Mom, why are you waking me up?" Ash groaned, sitting up.
"So you can get ready! You have to catch the train to Blackthorn soon! To go to school!" Mrs. Ketchum said.
"Does that school have a name?" Ash muttered, irritably.
"Yes, the Blackthorn Academe Of Pokemon!" she said. Ash nodded and got up off the bed and looked at her.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"I can't get dressed with you in here, Mom!" he said. Mrs. Ketchum nodded, catching what he meant, and left.
When he went downstairs, Mrs. Ketchum was making breakfast. He sat down at the table. "May called. She said that she'll see you at the train station," Mrs. Ketchum said. She set his plate down in front of him. He picked up the fork.
"Ok," Ash said.
"You know, your dad went to that school, and he's the pokemon master!" Mrs. Ketchum said. Ash dropped the fork. It clattered on the table.
"Dad is the pokemon master!" Ash gasped.
"Yes," she said, "and a good one at that!" Ash smiled slightly. He picked up the fork and set it on his plate. Mrs. Ketchum frowned. "Aren't you hungry?" she asked.
"Actually, no, not really," Ash said, "How much time do I have?"
"To get to the train station? Thirty minutes," she said. Ash nodded and stood up. He went back up stairs to get his pokemon ready.
When they got to the station, the first thing Ash did was look for May. He found her, her parents, and Gary next to the train.
"Hi, May. Where's Pichu?" he asked, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"In a poke ball," May said. All of a sudden, she got a strange look on her face.
"Hello in there?" Ash said, waving a hand in front of her face. She didn't reply. "May to Earth? Hello again?"
May didn't say or even look at him. Ash grumbled. She had never ignored him like that. "STOP IGNORING ME!" he yelled.
Mrs. Oak frowned. "Don't mind Ash. He's not used to not being listened to by May. She'd usually hang onto his every word." Mrs. Ketchum said, then added, "Even if he was just being silly."
"Oh," Mrs. Oak said. She looked at Ash. He sighed.
"It's like she's gone into daydream land and won't come back out," he said. Mrs. Oak smiled.
"Oh don't worry about her," she said.
"I need my, uh," May said. Ash looked at her.
"What?" he asked. No reply came.
"Give up, Ash!" Gary snapped.
"NO!" Ash said.
"Scepter," May said. Ash looked at her.
"Are you AWAKE?" Ash said, taking another shot at getting her attention. She shook her head. "Er, I guess that's a no?" he asked.
Gary hit Ash in the back of the head. "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"
"For being such a dimwit! She's trying to snap out of it!" Gary said. Ash glared at him.
"You don't have to hit me in the back of my head for that you know!" he snapped.
"Yes I do!" Gary said, "Maybe if you weren't such a idiotic fool you'd know that!"
Gary pushed Ash too far. Ash punched him right there. "ASH KETCHUM! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Mrs. Ketchum snapped.
"I've been taking insults like that for years and didn't get upset or something over it, but, for some reason, I just can't take it anymore," Ash said. He tried to keep from crying, but failed. Even though he would never admit it, he should of years back.
"What a shame, the tough pokemon trainer is crying," Gary sneered.
"Shut up!" Mr. Oak said. Gary looked at him. Mrs. Ketchum put a hand on her son's shoulder.
Ash looked at her. His eyes had that watery look and his face was tearstained. "What's the matter, Ash?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. May shook her head again and popped back into reality. She looked at him.
May put her arms around him from behind. Ash looked at his feet. He snuffled.
"I think I do," someone said. Mrs. Ketchum looked behind her. Misty stood there, tapping a foot on the sidewalk.
"What?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.
"He's been bottling up all the pain of being teased, insulted, ect. ect. Never once did he shed one tear about it in the time I've known him." Misty said, "I've called him stubborn, dense, and stuff, but I've never meant to hurt him.unlike some people."
She looked at Gary with a piercing stare. He fidgeted. "Fine, so I called him a loser once or twice." he said.
Misty gave him another of her looks. "All right! All right! I called him a loser all the time! So what?" Gary said.
"Why?" Mrs. Oak asked.
"He hates me," Ash said. They looked at him.
"He does not hate you!" Mrs. Ketchum said.
"Yes, he does," Ash said.
"For once in his life, Ash is right," Gary said.
"See?" Ash said. He wiped away the rest of the tears.
"Why don't you two get onto the train?" Mr. Oak suggested.
"OK," they said. May took Ash's hand and walked over to the door of the train. They climbed up the steps and into the train.
Ash bowed his head. He didn't like the fact that he, Ash Ketchum, just burst out crying at a train station. Of all places for this to happen, Ash thought.
May opened the door to one of the empty train compartments. She stepped back and let Ash go in first. He collapsed onto one of the compartment's seats.
May shut the door and sat down next to him.
- 1 -
July 30th, Ash was sitting on his bed, looking at the calendar. For weeks, he'd been planning to leave on a Pokemon training journey on August 1st.
He sighed; thinking about the fact that he has to leave on another journey, but knew it was the only way to fulfill his dream-becoming pokemon master. His thoughts were broken when Mrs. Ketchum came in. Ash looked at her. She was beaming. "I have a surprise for you," she said
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"Well, I just remembered this pokemon academe in Blackthorn City, where you train your pokemon plus they teach you about TM's and other things...and there's another part to this too..." she said.
"I'd still be leaving," Ash pouted. Mrs. Ketchum smiled.
"Ah, this is where the second part comes in.you don't want to leave May, do you? Well, she's going. I think she said she wants to learn more about electric and fire types..." she said.
"I'LL GO!"
"Ok, I will go make the arrangements..." Mrs. Ketchum said. She left. Ash sat, smiling, thinking about going to this school with May, making new friends, and for once of his pokemon training life, not being in danger...that's where he went wrong.
Two days later, Mrs. Ketchum shook Ash awake at 5 o'clock in the morning. "Mom, why are you waking me up?" Ash groaned, sitting up.
"So you can get ready! You have to catch the train to Blackthorn soon! To go to school!" Mrs. Ketchum said.
"Does that school have a name?" Ash muttered, irritably.
"Yes, the Blackthorn Academe Of Pokemon!" she said. Ash nodded and got up off the bed and looked at her.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"I can't get dressed with you in here, Mom!" he said. Mrs. Ketchum nodded, catching what he meant, and left.
When he went downstairs, Mrs. Ketchum was making breakfast. He sat down at the table. "May called. She said that she'll see you at the train station," Mrs. Ketchum said. She set his plate down in front of him. He picked up the fork.
"Ok," Ash said.
"You know, your dad went to that school, and he's the pokemon master!" Mrs. Ketchum said. Ash dropped the fork. It clattered on the table.
"Dad is the pokemon master!" Ash gasped.
"Yes," she said, "and a good one at that!" Ash smiled slightly. He picked up the fork and set it on his plate. Mrs. Ketchum frowned. "Aren't you hungry?" she asked.
"Actually, no, not really," Ash said, "How much time do I have?"
"To get to the train station? Thirty minutes," she said. Ash nodded and stood up. He went back up stairs to get his pokemon ready.
When they got to the station, the first thing Ash did was look for May. He found her, her parents, and Gary next to the train.
"Hi, May. Where's Pichu?" he asked, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"In a poke ball," May said. All of a sudden, she got a strange look on her face.
"Hello in there?" Ash said, waving a hand in front of her face. She didn't reply. "May to Earth? Hello again?"
May didn't say or even look at him. Ash grumbled. She had never ignored him like that. "STOP IGNORING ME!" he yelled.
Mrs. Oak frowned. "Don't mind Ash. He's not used to not being listened to by May. She'd usually hang onto his every word." Mrs. Ketchum said, then added, "Even if he was just being silly."
"Oh," Mrs. Oak said. She looked at Ash. He sighed.
"It's like she's gone into daydream land and won't come back out," he said. Mrs. Oak smiled.
"Oh don't worry about her," she said.
"I need my, uh," May said. Ash looked at her.
"What?" he asked. No reply came.
"Give up, Ash!" Gary snapped.
"NO!" Ash said.
"Scepter," May said. Ash looked at her.
"Are you AWAKE?" Ash said, taking another shot at getting her attention. She shook her head. "Er, I guess that's a no?" he asked.
Gary hit Ash in the back of the head. "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"
"For being such a dimwit! She's trying to snap out of it!" Gary said. Ash glared at him.
"You don't have to hit me in the back of my head for that you know!" he snapped.
"Yes I do!" Gary said, "Maybe if you weren't such a idiotic fool you'd know that!"
Gary pushed Ash too far. Ash punched him right there. "ASH KETCHUM! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Mrs. Ketchum snapped.
"I've been taking insults like that for years and didn't get upset or something over it, but, for some reason, I just can't take it anymore," Ash said. He tried to keep from crying, but failed. Even though he would never admit it, he should of years back.
"What a shame, the tough pokemon trainer is crying," Gary sneered.
"Shut up!" Mr. Oak said. Gary looked at him. Mrs. Ketchum put a hand on her son's shoulder.
Ash looked at her. His eyes had that watery look and his face was tearstained. "What's the matter, Ash?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. May shook her head again and popped back into reality. She looked at him.
May put her arms around him from behind. Ash looked at his feet. He snuffled.
"I think I do," someone said. Mrs. Ketchum looked behind her. Misty stood there, tapping a foot on the sidewalk.
"What?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.
"He's been bottling up all the pain of being teased, insulted, ect. ect. Never once did he shed one tear about it in the time I've known him." Misty said, "I've called him stubborn, dense, and stuff, but I've never meant to hurt him.unlike some people."
She looked at Gary with a piercing stare. He fidgeted. "Fine, so I called him a loser once or twice." he said.
Misty gave him another of her looks. "All right! All right! I called him a loser all the time! So what?" Gary said.
"Why?" Mrs. Oak asked.
"He hates me," Ash said. They looked at him.
"He does not hate you!" Mrs. Ketchum said.
"Yes, he does," Ash said.
"For once in his life, Ash is right," Gary said.
"See?" Ash said. He wiped away the rest of the tears.
"Why don't you two get onto the train?" Mr. Oak suggested.
"OK," they said. May took Ash's hand and walked over to the door of the train. They climbed up the steps and into the train.
Ash bowed his head. He didn't like the fact that he, Ash Ketchum, just burst out crying at a train station. Of all places for this to happen, Ash thought.
May opened the door to one of the empty train compartments. She stepped back and let Ash go in first. He collapsed onto one of the compartment's seats.
May shut the door and sat down next to him.